Opinion: Asian Americans and the healing power of the performing arts [Opinion]
Mass shootings at a Monterey Park dance studio and at a Half Moon Bay workplace that killed 18 people two days apart at the start of Lunar New Year last month have left Asian Americans trying to make sense of the senseless following a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic.It was extraordinary. This sort of Filipino project is a rarity in the creative industry. It was a unique gathering of Asian American artists — peers, glowing with pride and solidarity.
As a seasoned nonprofit arts leader, Anjanette had usually worked behind the curtain — watching predominately her White colleagues on center stage. It took simultaneouslyand enduring numerous business shutdowns to take a leap of faith. As scary as that time was, we hoped that it was temporary, that maybe it was just a nightmare. But we aren’t waking up.
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